DÁTAN: Wooden sticks for brushing the teeth. DATTA: Name of a god. DATTÁTRAYA: See Datta. DÁV: An order of ghosts. DEDAKO: A frog. DEHARI MÁTA: Name of a goddess. DELAVADI DEVI: Name of a goddess. DENDO: The croaking of a frog. DEOPAN: Ceremonies and observances in propitiation of a god. DESHASTHA: A caste of Bráhmans found in the Deccan. DEVA: A god. DEVACHÁR: Spirit of a Shudra who dies after his marriage. DEVAHUTI: Name of the mother of the sage Kapil. DEVAK: A term for the deity or deities worshipped at marriages, thread investitures etc.; a totem. DEVAKI: Mother of Krishna. DEVAL: A temple. DEVAL RIGHANE: Entering into the service of the temple. DEVALI: The male offspring of a Bhávin. DEVALO: Not loved. DEVARSHI: A dealer with gods and devils: one that summons, exorcises them, etc. DEVA SARPA: A snake belonging to a deity. DEVASKI: The annual ceremonies in honour of the tutelar divinity of a village. DEVA YOSHITA: A woman offered to a god. DEV DIVÁLI: The eleventh day of the bright half of Kártik. DEVI: A goddess. DEVIPANTH: A sect of the worshippers of the goddess Durga. DHÁGA: An amulet made of a piece of cloth. DHAL-JATRA: A ceremony performed at the time of harvest. DHAMA: A name of Hanumán. DHANA: Coriander. DHANANJAYA: Name of a snake. DHANA-TRAYODASHI: The thirteenth day of the dark half of Ashvin. DHANGAR: A caste of shepherds. DHANISHTHA: Name of a constellation. DHANU: Sagittarius. DHANURMÁS: The period during which the sun is in Sagittarius. DHANU-SANKRÁNT: Transit or passage of the sun through Sagittarius. DHÁRÁVÁDI: A stream of milk. DHARMARÁJA: The god of death. DHARMASHÁLA: A rest house. DHARMASHÁSTRA: The code of body of Hindu law. DHARMASINDHU: Name of a work treating of Hindu law. DHED: An impure caste of Hindus. DHEDVÁDA: The ward or place occupied by the Dhed caste. DHINGO: Fat. DHOBI: A caste of washermen. DHOL: A drum. DHOLIO: An order of ghosts. DHONDILGAJYA: Name of a rite performed for securing rainfall. DHORI: White. DHOTAR: Waist cloth. DHUL PÁDAVO: The first day of the dark half of Fálgun. DHRUVA: The son of Uttánapáda. He was a great devotee of the god Vishnu. The solar star. DHULETI: See Dhul Pádavo. DHULWAD: See Dhul Pádavo. The day of throwing dust after the burning of the Holi. DHUNDA: Name of a demon goddess. DHUNDA RÁKSHASIN: See Dhunda. DHUNDHUMARI: Name of a mythological personage. DHUNI: The smoke-fire of an ascetic over which he sits inhaling the smoke. DHUPA: Frankincense. DIGAMBARA: Name of a goddess. DIPO: Panther. DISHA-SHUL: Pain caused by directions. DIVÁLI: A festival with nocturnal illuminations, feastings, gambling, etc. held during the concluding day of Ashvin and the first and second day of Kártik. DIVÁSA: The fifteenth day of the dark half of Ashádh. DIWAD: A serpent of a large but harmless species. DODKA: One hundredth part of a rupee. DOKADO: A ball of molasses and sesamum seed cooked together.